8 FEBRUARY 15, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Queens woman
strikes it rich
with lottery
ticket bought
in M.V.
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM / @QNS
Photo: Google Maps
A Queens woman won
big time after buying a
scratch-off ticket from a
Middle Village drug store.
Ruth Tritremmel, a retired
bookkeeper, was running her
morning errands when she
purchased a $5,000,000 Bankroll
scratch-off ticket. While she was
at Artis Drugs on Eliot Avenue
near 80th Street, she saw a woman
scratching off that same ticket.
“I walked up to the clerk and
asked her for one of those tickets,”
Tritremmel said. “She told
me it was number 28 and I knew
it would be good because my
daughter’s birthday is the 28th.”
Aft er scratching off the ticket,
Tritremmel was unclear of how
much she won. Thinking she won
$5,000, Tritremmel headed to the
Lottery offi ces in Plainview, but
little did she know the windfall
awaiting her.
“I was told I would have to wait to
receive my money because it was
over $500,000,” said Tritremmel.
“I didn’t understand because I was
expecting $5,000. That’s when the
clerk told me I won the $5,000,000
jackpot. I almost fainted!”
The jackpot on the $5,000,000
Bankroll ticket is paid as a onetime
lump sum payment. Tritremmel
will receive a net check
totaling $3,115,200 aft er taxes and
other withholdings.
“It really feels great to win the
lottery,” said Tritremmel. “I plan
to use the winnings to help out my
family and maybe buy a condo in
Florida.”
Reservoir added to National
Register of Historic Places
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
The National Park Service was
well ahead of schedule when it
moved to add the Ridgewood
Reservoir to the National Register of
Historic Places on Feb. 2.
Back in December of 2017, the reservoir
was added to the New York State
Register of Historic Places, and federal
approval was initially anticipated for
April of 2018. Representatives from
NYC H2O, the nonprofi t that wrote
both the state and federal applications,
took time to thank members of the local
community at the Community Board
5 meeting on Feb. 7 in Middle Village.
“None of it would have been possible
without all the work that this
community board did in advocating
and protecting the reservoir,” said
Matt Malina, executive director of
NYC H2O.
The site that once served as the water
supply for all of Brooklyn in the
late 1800s was decommissioned aft er
100 years of use and ultimately taken
over by the Parks Department in 2004.
It was then contested as a possible site
of development for new athletic fi elds
before NYC H2O and other community
groups advocated for its preservation.
Now, the reservoir is federally protected
from future development.
Several local politicians weighed
in on the reservoir earning the designation.
State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo,
a member of the New York State
Senate Committee on Environmental
Jonathan Turer of NYC H2O gives a presentation to Community Board 5
at a Feb. 8 meeting.
Conservation, was glad the National
Park Service acted fast.
“I am pleased to see that the National
Park Service moved so quickly to place
the Ridgewood Reservoir on the list,
officially preserving its natural
beauty, its historic context to Brooklyn
and Queens, and its educational
importance to students for future generations,”
Addabbo said in a statement.
Queens Borough President Melinda
Katz further recognized the historical importance
of the reservoir and called it “an
invaluable opportunity to study nature.”
“The Ridgewood Reservoir was
an engineering marvel in the 19th
Photo by Ryan Kelley/QNS
century and merits recognition as
a landmark in urban history, engineering
history and environmental
history,” Katz said in a statement.
Councilman Robert Holden added
in a statement that “not only has it
become a beautiful landmark within
our community, it has become vital to
the local ecology.”
At the Board 5 meeting, NYC H2O
also presented its future plans to further
expand its educational programs
for students and its eff orts to add a bus
stop and a crosswalk near the entrance
of the parking lot to improve safety
and accessibility.
Picking up Valentine’s cards for the vets in Ridgewood
Photo courtesy of State Senator Joseph Addabbo
State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo was invited by P.S. 88 in Ridgewood on Feb. 8 to speak before 3rd graders and pick
up Valentine’s Day cards that the school’s students created for veterans. The senator was scheduled to deliver
the cards to veterans at the St. Albans VA center for the holiday.
